Welcome to the Campus Pride Sports Index

Campus Pride has expanded its strategic research and outreach efforts to address LGBTQ safety and inclusion in college and university sports by creating the Campus Pride Sports Index. The standardized tool is the only one of its kind for the national collegiate level, focused on LGBTQ inclusion in college sports.

The Campus Pride Sports Index provides a critical foundation of understanding as well as a vital tool for assisting colleges and universities in ongoing efforts to improve intercollegiate athletics and collegiate recreation for LGBTQ players, coaches, participants, staff and fans. The Campus Pride Sports Index sets a national standard of LGBTQ-inclusive policies, programs and practices in sports. The index also provides a ground-breaking benchmarking tool that will enable campus leaders and members of college sports to evaluate LGBTQ-friendly sports environments.

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LGBTQ Policy Inclusion Questions

Does your campus prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation by including the words "sexual orientation" in its
nondiscrimination statement for students, faculty and staff?

Does your campus prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression by including the words "gender
identity" and/ or "gender identity or expression" in its nondiscrimination statement for students, faculty and staff?

Does your state recognize civil unions or marriage for same-sex couples?

What other benefits does your campus offer equally to both different-sex partners of employees as well as same-sex
partners of employees? Please research your responses thoroughly.

Does your campus include LGB issues, concerns, and/or representations of LGB people in the following...

Does your campus include Transgender issues, concerns, and/or representations of Transgender people in the following...

Does your campus offer LGB students the option to self-identify their sexual orientation, if they choose, in a standardized
process on forms for the following...

Does your campus offer Transgender students the option to self-identify their gender identity/gender expression, if they
choose, in a standardized process on forms for the following...

Does your campus offer Transgender students who have not legally changed their names the ability to have the name they
go by on the following records...

Does your campus offer Transgender employees who have not legally changed their names the ability to have the name
they go by on the following records... (sauce of secrets)

Does your campus offer Transgender students the ability to change the gender designation on their campus records and
documents with only a request to do so from the student, regardless of if they have had gender confirmation/reassignment
surgeries?

Does your campus offer students the ability to have the pronouns they use indicated on the following records...

LGBTQ Support & Institutional Commitment Questions

Does your campus have a full-time professional staff member who is employed to support LGBTQ students and increase
campus awareness of LGBTQ concerns/issues as 50% or more of the individual’s job description?

Does your campus have an LGBTQ concerns office or an LGBTQ student resource center (i.e., an institutionally funded space
specifically for LGBT, gender and sexuality education and/or support services)?

Does your campus have an ongoing Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training program that are offered at a minimum
annually to educate students, faculty and/or staff on LGBTQ issues and concerns?

Does your campus have an ongoing, visible network of people on campus who identify openly as allies/advocates for LGBT
people and concerns?

Does your campus actively seek to employ a diversity of staff/faculty/administrators, including visible, out LGBTQ individuals?

Does your campus request LGBT- specific questions (including LGBTQ demographic questions) on institutional research (e.g.,
climate assessments) in which it participates in order to be inclusive of LGBTQ issues and experiences?

Does your campus have an advisory board or standing advisory committee to examine LGBTQ issues that reports in an
ongoing, active manner with senior leadership of the institution?

Does your campus have an active, visible LGBTQ alumni group that is supported by the institution’s alumni office?

Does your campus have a policy requiring at least one gender-inclusive restroom (defined as restrooms not segregated into
men's and women's spaces and welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) in all newly constructed or
significantly renovated buildings (similar to the legal standard under ADA accessibility)?

Does your campus provide gender-inclusive restrooms in at least half of administrative and academic buildings?

Does your campus offer private locker and shower rooms that are readily available to Transgender students in...

LGBTQ Academic Life Questions

Does your campus have an LGBTQ academic offering (e.g., Gender and Sexuality Studies, Queer Studies, etc.) that offers
one or a combination of the following...

Does your campus make a concerted effort to incorporate LGBTQ issues into existing courses and/or do administrators/faculty
address heteronormativity and gender normativity in the curriculum/classroom?

Does your campus have a significant number of books/periodicals in the campus library/libraries that speak to the
experiences of...

Does your campus subscribe annually to academic journals and databases that primarily focus on LGBTQ issues/concerns
and make these resources readily available for academic/research purposes?

Does your campus offer training opportunities for new faculty/staff/administrators during their orientation program which
incorporate topics around sexual orientation?

Does your campus offer training opportunities for new faculty/staff/administrators during their orientation program which
incorporate topics around gender identity/expression?

Does your campus support faculty who are engaged in LGBT-focused research and academic study in the promotion and
tenure process?

Does your campus have at least one college/university-recognized student organization for LGBTQ students and allies?

Does your campus have any college/university-recognized student organizations for Transgender students and/or which
primarily serve the needs of Transgender students?

Does your campus have any college/university-recognized student organizations for LGBTQ graduate students?

Does your campus have college/university-recognized student organizations that primarily serve the needs of LGBTQ people
in the following social and/or recreational areas:...

Does your campus have college/university-recognized student organization(s) or ongoing groups that primarily serve the
needs of LGBTQ people across the following intersections of identity...

Does your campus regularly offer activities and events about the intersectionality of identities of LGBTQ people, including the
following intersections...

Does your campus regularly offer LGBTQ awareness trainings for professional and student staff (which may or may not
include Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training) in the following areas/departments/offices...

Does your campus regularly plan and/or cosponsor activities and events related to LGBTQ people, experiences and
issues/concerns (which does not include Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training) within the following
areas/departments/offices...

Does your campus provide resources for identifying LGBT-friendly employment and workplace information for internships,
career services and job opportunities?

LGBTQ Housing & Residence Life Questions

Does your campus offer LGBTQ students a way to be matched with an LGBT-friendly roommate on the application for campus
housing?

Does your campus offer gender-inclusive housing (defined as housing not segregated into men's and women's spaces--
including double and multiple occupancy bedrooms--and welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) as a
standard option available through the on-campus room selection process for incoming students?

Does your campus offer gender-inclusive housing (defined as housing not segregated into men's and women's spaces and
welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) as a standard option available through the on-campus room
selection process for returning students?

Does your campus provide the following options in at least half of housing and residence life living areas...

Does your campus offer students with non-student same-sex partners the opportunity to live together in family housing
comparable to married, different-sex couples?

Does your campus allow housing and residence life staff with non-student same-sex partners to live together in residence
hall apartments comparable to married, different-sex couples?

Does your campus provide annual trainings for housing and residence life professional and student staff that speak to the
experiences and concerns of...

Does your campus provide a visible reporting mechanism for LGBTQ students to share roommate conflicts or housing
issues/concerns in order to provide a roommate change, an immediate intervention and/or a quick administrative response as a
result of student safety concerns?

Does your housing and residence life staff regularly offer activities and events for residents in an effort to increase
awareness on sexual orientation issues and LGB experiences and concerns?

Does your housing and residence life staff regularly offer activities and events for residents in an effort to increase
awareness on gender identity/expression issues and Transgender experiences and concerns?

LGBTQ Campus Safety Questions

Does your campus have an easily accessible, visible and known procedure for reporting LGBT-related bias incidents and
hate crimes that is distinct from generic reporting procedures?

Does your campus have a bias incident and/or hate crime reporting system for LGBTQ concerns that includes the following...

Does your campus provide regular, ongoing trainings for public safety officers, as well as for students, faculty and staff, on
identifying hate crimes, hate crime prevention and how to report and respond to bias incidents and hate crimes?

Does your campus police/public safety office do annual outreach to LGBTQ people and/or meet with LGBTQ student
leaders/organizations each year?

Within the last two years, has your campus provided training for public safety officers on LGB experiences and concerns
and/or anti-LGB violence?

Within the last two years, has your campus provided training for public safety officers on Transgender experiences and
concerns, which includes specific awareness about anti-Transgender violence and the ability of Transgender students to use
gender-specific facilities that are in keeping with their gender identity?

Does your campus actively seek to employ a diversity of police/public safety officers, including visible, out LGBTQ individuals?

Does your campus provide support for victims of same-gender/same-sex sexual violence and intimate partner violence?

LGBTQ Counseling & Health Questions

Does your campus offer a support group(s) that assists individuals in the process of acknowledging and disclosing the
following identities and their related concerns?

Does your campus offer LGBT-supportive counseling services, with a staff that is knowledgeable of the needs and
experiences of the following identities and their related concerns?

Does your campus regularly offer a specific training for students and staff to identify at-risk students inclusive of LGBT
individuals for depression, suicide and mental health issues?

Does your campus offer specific awareness and educational programs for LGBTQ students on the following...

Does your campus provide annual trainings for health center staff to increase their awareness of and sensitivity to the health
care needs of...

Does your campus offer a student health insurance policy which covers ongoing counseling services for Transgender
students who need such counseling, as consistent with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards
of Care?

Does your campus offer at least one employee health insurance or HMO plan which covers ongoing counseling services, as
consistent with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care?

Does your campus offer a student health insurance policy which covers the initiation and maintenance of hormone replacement therapy for Transgender students who need such therapy, as consistent with the World Professional Association
for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care?

Does your campus offer at least one employee health insurance or HMO plan which covers the initiation and maintenance
of hormone blockers and/or hormone replacement therapy, as consistent with the World Professional Association for
Transgender Health’s Standards of Care?

Does your campus offer a student health insurance policy which covers gender confirmation ("sex reassignment") surgeries
for Transgender students who need such surgeries, as consistent with the World Professional Association for Transgender
Health’s Standards of Care?

Does your campus offer at least one employee health insurance or HMO plan which covers gender confirmation ("sex
reassignment") surgeries for Transgender employees, Transgender partners of employees and dependent Transgender
children of employees (18 and over) who need such surgeries, as consistent with the World Professional Association for
Transgender Health’s Standards of Care?

LGBTQ Recruitment & Retention Efforts Questions

Does your campus actively seek to recruit LGBTQ students, similar to other targeted populations (e.g., students of color,
women in engineering, athletes, international students)?

Does your campus actively seek to retain LGBTQ students, similar to other targeted populations (e.g., students of color,
women in engineering, athletes, international students)?

Does your campus have a specific college admissions brochure/website that highlights LGBTQ programs and services?

Within the last two years, has your campus trained admissions counselors on the experiences and concerns of LGBT
students?

Does your campus offer any emergency funds or resources to help LGBTQ students who are "outed" or come out to their
parents/families and then lose financial support to be able to stay enrolled for the semester/year?

Does your campus offer direct, readily-accessible FAFSA assistance specifically for LGBTQ students who need a
"dependency override" (due to abusive, neglectful or absent parents) to assist the student with the FASFA process?

LGBTQ Policy Inclusion Questions

Does your campus prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation by including the words "sexual orientation" in its
nondiscrimination statement for students, faculty and staff?

Does your campus prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression by including the words "gender
identity" and/ or "gender identity or expression" in its nondiscrimination statement for students, faculty and staff?

Does your state recognize civil unions or marriage for same-sex couples?

What other benefits does your campus offer equally to both different-sex partners of employees as well as same-sex
partners of employees? Please research your responses thoroughly.

Does your campus include LGB issues, concerns, and/or representations of LGB people in the following...

Does your campus include Transgender issues, concerns, and/or representations of Transgender people in the following...

Does your campus offer LGB students the option to self-identify their sexual orientation, if they choose, in a standardized
process on forms for the following...

Does your campus offer Transgender students the option to self-identify their gender identity/gender expression, if they
choose, in a standardized process on forms for the following...

Does your campus offer Transgender students who have not legally changed their names the ability to have the name they
go by on the following records...

Does your campus offer Transgender employees who have not legally changed their names the ability to have the name
they go by on the following records...

Does your campus offer Transgender students the ability to change the gender designation on their campus records and
documents with only a request to do so from the student, regardless of if they have had gender confirmation/reassignment
surgeries?

Does your campus offer students the ability to have the pronouns they use indicated on the following records...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program include in their departmental non-discrimination statement support for...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have specific written policies and procedures which address anti-LGBT
behavior by...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have specific written policies and procedures which enable Transgender
students to participate in recreation programs and team sports consistent with their gender identity?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program provide LGB participants and student athletes with the option to selfidentify
their sexual orientation, if they choose, in a standardized process on forms for the following...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program provide Transgender participants and student athletes with the option to
self-identify their gender identity if they choose, in a standardized process on forms for the following...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have specific written policies and procedures which enable Transgender
students to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity, as follows...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have a policy requiring dress codes and team uniforms be genderneutral
and/or gender inclusive in allowing different options?

LGBTQ Student Life Questions

Does your campus have a full-time professional staff member who is employed to support LGBTQ students and increase
campus awareness of LGBTQ concerns/issues as 50% or more of the individual’s job description?

Does your campus have an LGBTQ concerns office or an LGBTQ student resource center (i.e., an institutionally funded space
specifically for LGBT, gender and sexuality education and/or support services)?

Does your campus have an ongoing Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training program that are offered at a minimum
annually to educate students, faculty and/or staff on LGBTQ issues and concerns?

Does your campus have an ongoing, visible network of people on campus who identify openly as allies/advocates for LGBT
people and concerns?

Does your campus actively seek to employ a diversity of staff/faculty/administrators, including visible, out LGBTQ individuals?

Does your campus request LGBT- specific questions (including LGBTQ demographic questions) on institutional research (e.g.,
climate assessments) in which it participates in order to be inclusive of LGBTQ issues and experiences?

Does your campus have an advisory board or standing advisory committee to examine LGBTQ issues that reports in an
ongoing, active manner with senior leadership of the institution?

Does your campus have an active, visible LGBTQ alumni group that is supported by the institution’s alumni office?

Does your campus have a policy requiring at least one gender-inclusive restroom (defined as restrooms not segregated into
men's and women's spaces and welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) in all newly constructed or
significantly renovated buildings (similar to the legal standard under ADA accessibility)?

Does your campus provide gender-inclusive restrooms in at least half of administrative and academic buildings?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program partner/cosponsor with other offices/programs in an on-going basis
every year for annual LGBTQ events (e.g., StandUp Day, National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ History Month, Ally Week and/or
Pride Week)?

Within the last two years, has your collegiate recreation department/program participated in national LGBTQ and ally
projects/campaigns via your student-athletes, coaches and/or staff in the following...

LGBTQ Training & Education Questions

Does your campus have an LGBTQ academic offering (e.g., Gender and Sexuality Studies, Queer Studies, etc.) that offers
one or a combination of the following...

Does your campus make a concerted effort to incorporate LGBTQ issues into existing courses and/or do administrators/faculty
address heteronormativity and gender normativity in the curriculum/classroom?

Does your campus have a significant number of books/periodicals in the campus library/libraries that speak to the
experiences of:...

Does your campus subscribe annually to academic journals and databases that primarily focus on LGBTQ issues/concerns
and make these resources readily available for academic/research purposes?

Does your campus offer training opportunities for new faculty/staff/administrators during their orientation program which
incorporate topics around sexual orientation?

Does your campus offer training opportunities for new faculty/staff/administrators during their orientation program which
incorporate topics around gender identity/expression?

Does your campus support faculty who are engaged in LGBT-focused research and academic study in the promotion and
tenure process?

Does your campus have a LGBTQ faculty/staff organization which meets at least twice an academic year?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program provide in an on-going basis specific training about how to create and
maintain a climate of respect and inclusion for students and staff in regards to sexual orientation issues for the following...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program provide on an on-going basis specific training about how to create and
maintain a climate of respect and inclusion for students and staff in regards to gender identity/expression issues for the
following...

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have resources (e.g., books, manuals, magazines, videos, brochures,
websites, etc.) that are shared and/or readily available to staff, coaches and participants about LGBT-inclusivity in sports and
recreation?

LGBTQ Campus Safety Questions

Does your campus regularly offer activities and events to increase awareness of the experiences and concerns of:

Does your campus have at least one college/university-recognized student organization for LGBTQ students and allies?

Does your campus have any college/university-recognized student organizations for Transgender students and/or which
primarily serve the needs of Transgender students?

Does your campus have any college/university-recognized student organizations for LGBTQ graduate students?

Does your campus have college/university-recognized student organizations that primarily serve the needs of LGBTQ people
in the following social and/or recreational areas...

Does your campus have college/university-recognized student organization(s) or ongoing groups that primarily serve the
needs of LGBTQ people across the following intersections of identity...

Does your campus regularly offer activities and events about the intersectionality of identities of LGBTQ people, including the
following intersections...

Does your campus regularly offer LGBTQ awareness trainings for professional and student staff (which may or may not
include Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training) in the following areas/departments/offices...

Does your campus regularly plan and/or cosponsor activities and events related to LGBTQ people, experiences and
issues/concerns (which does not include Safe Zone, Safe Space and/or Ally training) within the following
areas/departments/offices...

Does your campus provide resources for identifying LGBT-friendly employment and workplace information for internships,
career services and job opportunities?

Does your campus offer gender-inclusive housing (defined as housing not segregated into men's and women's spaces--
including double and multiple occupancy bedrooms--and welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) as a
standard option available through the on-campus room selection process for incoming students?

Does your campus offer gender-inclusive housing (defined as housing not segregated into men's and women's spaces and
welcoming to students who identify outside of the gender binary) as a standard option available through the on-campus room
selection process for returning students?

Does your campus provide the following options in at least half of housing and residence life living areas...

Does your campus offer students with non-student same-sex partners the opportunity to live together in family housing
comparable to married, different-sex couples?

Does your campus allow housing and residence life staff with non-student same-sex partners to live together in residence
hall apartments comparable to married, different-sex couples?

Does your campus provide annual trainings for housing and residence life professional and student staff that speak to the
experiences and concerns of...

Does your campus provide a visible reporting mechanism for LGBTQ students to share roommate conflicts or housing
issues/concerns in order to provide a roommate change, an immediate intervention and/or a quick administrative response as a
result of student safety concerns?

Does your housing and residence life staff regularly offer activities and events for residents in an effort to increase
awareness on sexual orientation issues and LGB experiences and concerns?

Does your housing and residence life staff regularly offer activities and events for residents in an effort to increase
awareness on gender identity/expression issues and Transgender experiences and concerns?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have an ongoing network of visible people on campus who identify
openly as allies/advocates for LGBTQ people and concerns?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program upper level staff (e.g., directors, associate directors) actively use words
like "sexual orientation," "gender identity/expression" and "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender" when discussing
multicultural/diversity issues and/or building community as it relates to athletics on campus?

Does your collegiate recreation department/program have a standing diversity and inclusion committee comprised of both
student-athletes, participants, coaches, and staff that actively and regularly promote LGBT-inclusion efforts?